Hi Sue. Thanks for your report. I am happy to see the attendence at the Edmonton meetings and hope that Vancouver can even outdo your record. We shall see. I would very much like a copy of your presentation so that I can place it on the Post 1901 Census Project website. Thanks to all for their support. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barnsley, Sue" <sbarnsle@cha.ab.ca> To: <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 7:05 AM Subject: [CCC] RE: CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-D Digest V02 #31 Edmonton did well last night. 110 at the afternoon session and 105 at the evening session. The message was very clear. Statistics Canada has no right messing with our census records. Those records belong to the people of this country, they are part of our heritage, our history. Since when was it the mandate of Stats Can to dictate to the National Archives what records would be available. Someone likened them unto the USSR as being repressive and dictatorial. Needless to say, the overwhelming consensus to the 'compromise', or option as it is now being called, is 'stuff it'. One thing that did bother me last night, was the moderator, very leading in the questions, putting words in your mouth. For our Vancouver group, just be careful and watch each and every word that you say. Do not let the moderator lead you. Anyway, we had 3 main presentations in the evening and the rest of the time was open to the public. Boy, did they take advantage. One after another blasted Stats Can for meddling in our history. Someone asked who had written the Option, and one young man, said it was full of bureaucratic drivel and would have been sent back in any other organization to be rewritten. People out here are passionate about the census records, with many being descentants of Ukraine and other Eastern block nations most of whom arrived after the 1901 census. They demanded access to the census records. Someone suggested that 92 years was too long and that they should consider 80 years as the length of time. If you want more information, let me know. I will be happy to post my own presentation as well. Gordon, it is up to your group out in Vancouver, they got more than they bargained for here in Edmonton. Make it clear, very clear to them. Sue Barnsley ==== CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN Mailing List ==== Read Gordon A. Watts' column on Post 1901 Census issues at http://globalgazette.net